To provide scientific information and expert opinion about drugs and to suggest a path to better policies.

DPFT members are citizens from a variety of political and social groups who are concerned about the effects that the war on drugs has on our society and are interested in the changes that are being made to that strategy. Our major goal is to promote the well informed open debate and discussion that are essential in making constructive policy changes.

"I witness the adverse health effects of licit and illicit drugs daily.
As emergency physicians, we are the ultimate realists. We know that
the prohibition of marijuana is a failed public health policy."

Past president of the American College
of Emergency Medicine, Larry A. Bedard, MD

The American College of Physicians, the nation's largest organization of doctors of internal medicine, with 124,000 members, contends that the long and rancorous debate over marijuana legalization has obscured good science that has demonstrated the benefits and medicinal promise of cannabis.

"We felt the time had come to speak up about this," said Dr. David Dale, the group's president. "We'd like to clear up the uncertainty and anxiety of patients and physicians over this drug."

"It is time for America to move beyond its moral crusade and adopt a public-health approach to the problem of drug abuse, an approach that is likely to be much more successful and certainly more humane."

Link your Randall's Tom Thumb Reward Card to our account. The store will pay us a percentage of your purchases. Our number is 9656.

Kroger will donate an amount equal to 1% of your purchases to DPFT. You must have your DPFT Share Card scanned at the time of purchase. The cards are the size of a business card. They should be kept with or attached to your Kroger Plus card. Contact suzy@dpft.org to get a card.